Enjoy this collection of articles from previous Native newsletters, including many articles from native expert Trish Beckjord.
By Carol BeckerMonarchs and milkweed. They go together like a horse and carriage! Every gardener knows this now because of the recent public media campaign to save the Monarch butterflies from extinction. Thanks to wonderful communication disseminated broadly by many…
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By Carol Becker Last season, I planted a Carex garden under the mature pin oak in my own front yard. Using plugs of Carex sprengelii planted roughly 18-24 inches on center, leaving some open spaces where I interspersed native plants…
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Natural Garden Natives® has partnered with HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK® to support their mission to encourage the regeneration of biodiversity and ecosystem function one person at a time. Homegrown National Park® is an organization founded by Doug Tallamy and Michelle Alfandari….
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By Carol Becker Early spring is a very special time in the garden for me. As soon as the snow melts and the ground begins to warm up, I know I can look forward to seeing the very first native…
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By Trish Beckjord Although I’ve been writing more about bees recently, I find I still don’t know them very well. Fortunately, my reading has at least made me more comfortable with having these little critters around so when I was…
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By Trish Beckjord I’ve always loved fall. There’s something about the turn of the seasons that I somehow feel deeply. I think it’s the subtly changing light that signals to me a different season approaches. Without kids in the house,…
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By Trish Beckjord “To be standing together in a frosty field, looking up into the sky, marvelling at birds and revelling in the natural world around us, was a simple miracle. And I wondered why we were so rarely able…
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By Trish Beckjord Through the quiet lake and river, frozen fingers send a shiver. Reaching outward with aggression, winters hands now take possession. – Excerpt from The Hands of Winter by Mark Hayes and John Parker, Heritage Music Press It seems winter…
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By Trish Beckjord As we reach December and the holiday season, I always want to write of health, joy, love and hope. And I wish each and every one of you all of those things for these past months and…
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By Trish Beckjord I’ve been doing a lot of learning about salt recently. Not dietary salt actually, but road salt. Alias, rock salt, dry salt, de-icing salt… It’s all the same thing – sort of… I took this on for…
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